A Short History of Renaissance and Reformation Europe

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A Short History of Renaissance and Reformation Europe: Dances over Fire and Water, 4/eserves as a concise introduction to some of the major personalities, issues, events, and ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation age. The prose-like writing, highly regarded by faculty and students alike, flows without frequent interruption by jargon or foreign terms. This brief introduction of the Renaissance and Reformation age is the perfect text for the instructor who would like to supplement his/her course with additional readers or other material.

Jonathan W. Zophy is a professor of history at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, where he teaches courses in Renaissance and Reformation history. A winner of several teaching awards, his previous books are: Patriarchal Politics and Christoph Kress (1484-1535) of Nuremberg, The Social History of the Reformation (edited with Lawrence P. Buck), The Holy Roman Empire: A Dictionary Handbook, and An Annotated Bibliography of the Holy Roman Empire.

Preface

Introduction: The Best and Worst of Times

The Problem of the Renaissance The Reformation Dances over Fire and Water?

General Chronology Further Reading

The Peoples of Europe

The Peasantry A Culture of Poverty: Village Life

The Continuities of Life for Men, Women, and Children Town Dwellers Daily Life Urban Women Social Tensions

The Rise of the Capitalists Jacob Fugger the Rich Muslims Slaves from Africa and the Levant Jews

The Nobility Mercenary and Robber Nobles The Refinement of Manners The Clergy Further Reading Notes

An Age of Disasters

The Black Death, 1347-1350 Peasant and Artisan Revolts Troubles in the Church

The Babylonian Captivity, 1305-1350

The Western Schism of 1378-1417

The Burning of Jan Hus (c. 1372-1415)

The Hussite Revolt The Hundred Years War, 1455-1485

Chronology Further Reading Notes

Italy: Home of the Renaissance Florence: The Most Beautiful of Cities

The Medici in Florence

The Rise of the Medici Banking Empire

The Magnificent Lorenzo (1449-1492)

The Pazzi Plot of 1478

The Fall of the Medici

The Fiery Domican: Savonarola

The Return of the Medici Rome and the Papal States Cola di Rienzo (1313-1354)

Renaissance Popes Naples and Sicily

The Reigns of Joanna II (1414-1435), Alfonso V (1416-1458), and Ferrante I (1458-1494)

The Power of Milan

The Rise and Fall of the Sforza, 1450-1499

The Mantua of Issabella d Este Duke Federigo s Urbino Venice

The Queen of the Adriatic Venetian Politics and Society Venice and the Arts

The Culture of Renaissance Humanism in Italy Setting the Agenda: Early Renaissance Humanists Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)